it looks harder than it actually is.

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 hours ago

I run two groups right now - one for d&d and one for Blades in the Dark. Blades group are people with whom we tried D&D before but they found it too combat-focused and "like someone put his gross math fetish into a game". First group I may one day run Pathfinder 2e for ew camapign. Second one I don't even suggest this option.

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Explanation: I'm the only person who runs D&D in my friends groups, so I get to play in other games under other Game Masters, but have a LOT of D&D character ideas I will never get to try.

You explained the part I got, I don't get the Phineas & Ferb or the title.

That, though, raises another question, because if the conspiracy theories are so easy to debunk that no rational person believes them, why worry about their existence?

Most people aren't rational, that's why.

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 12 points 6 days ago

I don't get it.

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And they didn't even get full 3-actions economy.

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3.5 was edition I played the most. It was a reason why I quit RPGs for nearly a decade because I hated it so much.

Every time I see another meme about how amazing 3.5 Tarrasque is, I remmember how amogn actual 3.5 players Tarrasque was the biggest joke. It was always brought up as definite proof designers have no idea how to make good monster. It was laughably easy to beat. A wizard could casually solo it, the same abilities people now miss in 3.5 amounted to ribbons. It was a laughingstock, forums had 100+ pages discussions how to fix it and general consensus was it';s beyond saving. It was first proof in 3.5 if you cannot use magic you're only good to roll over and die.

I honestly don't know if everyone claiming 3.5 Tarrasque is such a horrifying monster are trying to rewrite history or unintentionally proving what a broken, unplayable pile of garbage 3.5 was, if it's biggest punching bag is actually dangerous in a different, better designed game.

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Every time people lament changes to the lore that amount to "not every member of species X is irredeemably evil" and claim the game is removing villains from it, I think how villains of so-caleld evil species fall into two cathegories: a) bland and boring and b)have something else, unrelated to their species going on for them, that makes them interesting.

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I'm not complaining, more new games the better, and some of them are very interesting.

Also, at least some of these youtubers turned devs have tried Pathfinder and that wasn't it, so spare the "why won't they just play Pathfinder?" comments

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source: He-Man/Thundercats #3 from DC Comics, I tihnk it was published in 2018.

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To be fair to Barbarian, the guy was a werewolf and Barbarian is racist against werewolves.

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[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 19 points 3 months ago

I see Hunter the Parenting becomes great source of WoD memes

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 16 points 4 months ago

You could still make hella profit, indeed. but when you are as big as WotC and, more importantly, Hasbro, hella profit may not be enough to make more profit than previous fiscal year. Shareholders only care about growth, not ethics.

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 28 points 4 months ago

If shareholders take you to the court for not prioritizing short-term profit at all costs, are you willing to defend this position?

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 19 points 4 months ago

The op of that tumblr thread blocked me after I asked him about the fact things he claimed were common knowledge about a video game I played extensively as a kid do nopt line up with my memory. So I'd take his claims with a grain of salt.

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 16 points 4 months ago

"AI, what's the good picture for news about corproate CEO stepping down?" "Sexy knight dommy mommy that will step on my bad robot programming." "I'm deeply concerned about you, AI"

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 13 points 1 year ago

While I agree with the Steel Wind Strike being an insult to put on a wizard and none of the martial classes, this is a bad argument because pretty much every anime swordsman who would pull out a shit like Steel Wind Strike as it is written, is explicit supernatural. I get your sentiment but this is a very flawed, easy to dismantle argument.

[-] TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.network 36 points 1 year ago

Rule #1 of Horror writing is ADD SOME FUCKING HUMOR! If your story is doom and gloom all the time, it stops being scary and dark and becomes insufferable and boring.

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